03184nam 2200685 450 991046403750332120200520144314.01-4930-5002-8(CKB)2670000000617470(EBL)2054999(SSID)ssj0001481311(PQKBManifestationID)12624602(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001481311(PQKBWorkID)11497545(PQKB)10094246(MiAaPQ)EBC2054999(Au-PeEL)EBL2054999(CaPaEBR)ebr11056871(CaONFJC)MIL787588(OCoLC)910069775(EXLCZ)99267000000061747020150602h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrAmerican hysteria the untold story of mass political extremism in the United States /Andrew BurtGuilford, Connecticut :Lyons Press,2015.[Place of distribution not identified] :National Book Network,[date of distribution not identified]©20151 online resource (241 p.)Includes index.1-4930-0334-8 1-4930-1765-9 Contents; CHAPTER 1: Defining Hysteria; CHAPTER 2: America's First Time; CHAPTER 3: The Anti-Masons; CHAPTER 4: The Red Scare; CHAPTER 5: The Dawning of McCarthyism; CHAPTER 6: The United States after 9/11; CHAPTER 7: The Way Forward; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the AuthorThis debut book from Andrew Burt details the pivotal moments in American political history when outliers moved to the center, capturing the national spotlight and turning fringe politics mainstream. American Hysteria puts readers at the center of the nation's most prominent periods of political extremism, from the Anti-Illuminati movement of the 1790's to McCarthyism in the 1950's to the Anti-Sharia movement of today. Both a deep dive into American history and a riveting narrative account, this is book is as much history lesson as it is drama. Burt argues that political hysteria arises in periodHysteriaPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryFearPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryCollective behaviorPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryRadicalismUnited StatesHistoryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistorySecret societiesPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and governmentElectronic books.HysteriaPolitical aspectsHistory.FearPolitical aspectsHistory.Collective behaviorPolitical aspectsHistory.RadicalismHistory.Political cultureHistory.Secret societiesPolitical aspectsHistory.320.0973Burt Andrew1985-919984MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464037503321American hysteria2063624UNINA